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The Office PerformancePoint Server 2007, due mid-2007, will provide a set of programs geared at helping knowledge workers to make more informed decisions.

The package, formerly code-named "Biz Sharp," will include a server and tools for analyzing data, creating "scorecards" for measuring corporate health, and planning applications.

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Office PerformancePoint Server will have tools for data analysis, corporate scorecards, and planning applications, Levin said. For example, a finanical controller could create a forecast for spending on marketing in the coming year and measure progress periodically.

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Office PerformancePoint Server will include the business intelligence software from ProClarity, a company whichMicrosoft acquiredin April. The ProClarity tools, as well as an existing Microsoft program for scorecards, will continue to be sold separately, Levin said.

From the publicly available information, you can see that PerformancePoint is going to bring together scorecards and KPIs from BSM05, with analytical assets from the Proclarity acquisition as well as additional functionality from a project codenamed "BizSharp".